16. Well, this does sound like a complete mess.

I've been told that small, ultra-religious parties have a lot of political pull in the Israeli parliament, which seems like what is happening here, at least to a large extent. The ultra-orthodox who are exempt from miltary service would be a problem if they're the ones who are screaming for an attack on Iran and others. Nonetheless, political problems should stay at home: really, they don't travel well anywhere outside their appellation controlle', or home country. That goes for the U.S., too.